Which snacks shouldn’t you bring on a road trip? 

While many drivers have rules against eating in the car, those strictures often go out the window during a road trip. The most efficient and effective way to keep everyone in the car happy is to provide a variety of snacks. While some might want to eat exclusively junk food on the trip, while others will want something with a little more nutritional value, the owner of the vehicle being used probably just want to make sure that their car remains in more or less the same condition it was in when they left. Here are some of the best and least messy foods to bring on a road trip.  

A good rule of thumb when creating your roving pantry is to avoid anything cheese-dusted, crumbly, or sticky. You’ll also want to bypass foods with a fragile shelf-life that are dependent on refrigeration. While a cooler will keep some of your fruits and veggies chilled, you won’t want to bring items like yogurt, which is not only not shelf stable but is also a prime candidate for spills. Anything that cannot be eaten by hand without the assistance of utensils might be better left for stops.  

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How to keep your vehicle in good condition during a road trip 

When you’re on the road, there are plenty of snacks that are ubiquitous with road trips and can be found at gas stations if you need to stock up. Granola bars, jerky, and trail mix are all easy-to-eat and filling. Bringing pre-cut vegetables and fruits will eliminate the question of what to do with peels or cores and will conserve space. While you’ll want to avoid snacks that lead to orange fingers, there are plenty of salty snacks that can make the cut, like nautical-shaped crackers or good old-fashioned potato chips, which should satisfy the junk food contingent.  

While figuring out what to bring is important, you’ll probably have opportunities to stop and stock up on new snacks while on the trip. However, it is important that all of your detours are planned, and not at the behest of your broken-down vehicle. Before you head out on the road, schedule a service appointment online and take your car to Family Kia of St. Augustine. With a variety of services offered, you can be sure that you and your vehicle are ready to hit the open road.